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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4867.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THANEDAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4867, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4867

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd113b541791228b8a36cf71f2c0dedd904f64066ab3ed6dce1fc9ee03ee22c9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4867, last updated September 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.